FEM Simulations and Optimization about Residual Stresses in Coating Structures with Functionally Graded Materials Layer

An elasto-plastic finite element method is developed to predict the residual stresses of thermal spraying coatings with functionally graded material layer. In numerical simulations, temperature sensitivity of various material constants is included and mix

Adaptive Mesh Refinement FEM for Damage Evolution of Heterogeneous Brittle Media

Damage evolution of heterogeneous brittle media involves a wide range of length scales. The coupling between these length scales underlies the mechanism of damage evolution and rupture. However, few of previous numerical algorithms consider the effects of the trans-scale coupling effectively. In this paper, an adaptive mesh refinement FEM algorithm is developed to simulate this trans-scale coupling. The adaptive serendipity element is implemented in this algorithm, and several special discontinuous base functions are created to avoid the incompatible displacement between the elements. Both the benchmark and a typical numerical example under quasi-static loading are given to justify the effectiveness of this model. The numerical results reproduce a series of characteristics of damage and rupture in heterogeneous brittle media.

Characterising Of Internal Stresses In Duplex Coating By Fem

The internal stresses in a duplex coating involving a prequenched layer are believed to change if it is exposed to thermal loading. To characterise the internal stresses in such a duplex coating, a gradient model of finite element method is set up. The initial stress within the substrate developed in as quenching and the internal stresses due to the tempering of the prequenched layer ( TPQL) in such a duplex coating are calculated. The synthetical internal stresses in coating can be estimated by superposing uniform initial stresses developed during plating. The results indicate that the residual tensile stresses due to fabrication in coating will be decreased greatly, or even synthetical compressive internal stresses may arise in the coating.

Dynamic analysis of arrest of buckle propagation on a beam on a nonlinear elastic foundation by FEM

Based on the dynamic governing equation of propagating buckle on a beam on a nonlinear elastic foundation, this paper deals with an important problem of buckle arrest by combining the FEM with a time integration technique. A new conclusion completely different from that by the quasi-static analysis about the buckle arrestor design is drawn. This shows that the inertia of the beam cannot be ignored in the analysis under consideration, especially when the buckle propagation is suddenly stopped by the arrestors.

A load simulation method of piezoelectric actuator in FEM for smart structures

More and more piezoelectric materials and structures have been used for structure control in aviation and aerospace industry. More efficient and convenient computation method for large complex structure with piezoelectric actuation devices is required. A load simulation method of piezoelectric actuation is presented in this paper. By this method, the freedom degree of finite element simulation is significantly reduced, the difficulty in defining in-plane voltage for multi-layers piezoelectric composite is overcome and the transfer computation between material main direction and the element main direction is simplified. The concept of simulation load is comprehensible and suitable for engineers of structure strength in shape and vibration control, thereby is valuable for promoting the application of piezoelectric material and structures in practical aviation and aerospace fields.

Stress analysis of silica-based arrayed waveguide grating by a finite element method

The stress distribution in silica optical waveguides on silicon is calculated by using finite element method (FEM). The waveguides are mainly subjected to compressive stress along the x direction and the z direction, and it is accumulated near the interfaces between the core and cladding layers. The shift of central wavelength of silica arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) on silicon-substrate with the designed wavelength and the polarization dependence are caused by the stress in the silica waveguides.

Improvement of FEM's dynamic property

The discretization size is limited by the sampling theorem, and the limit is one half of the wavelength of the highest frequency of the problem. However, one half of the wavelength is an ideal value. In general, the discretization size that can ensure the accuracy of the simulation is much smaller than this value in the traditional finite element method. The possible reason of this phenomenon is analyzed in this paper, and an efficient method is given to improve the simulation accuracy.

三元共聚物P(EO-PO-AGE)-LiCLO_4络合物的离子电导

本文合成了聚(环氧乙烷-环氧丙烷-烯丙基缩水甘油醚,三元共聚物,P(EO-PO-AGE)。扭辨分析、DSC、X-射线衍射结果表明,三元共聚物的玻璃化转变温度较低(T_g=-74℃),无定形结构含量～98％,并确定了与LiClO_4组成为Li/O(mole)=0.25的结晶络合物存在。络合物电导行为的研究发现,络合物电导与盐浓度有关,在Li/O(mole)=0.05时具有较大值,室温下电导可达5×10~-5)scm~(-1)。

二甲氧基聚乙二醇增塑的P(EO-PO-AGE)-LiClO_4聚合物膜的离子电导

本文研究了二甲氧基聚乙二醇(PEGDME)对聚合物电解质膜的影响。结果表明,PEGDME增塑的(环氧乙烷-环氧丙烷-烯丙基缩水甘油醚)三元共聚物-LiClO_4络合物具有较低的玻璃化转变温度,室温导电率≥10~(-4)Scm~(-1),热稳定性及力学性能良好,在100℃下无相分离,室温下在干燥器中放置一年无蠕变。